Shocking imagery released by NASA shows portions of Los Angeles County are sliding into the Pacific Ocean at an incredible 4″/week rate. Analysis of data from NASA radar aboard aircraft shows that the decades-old active landslide area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula has expanded in size and has increased in forward motion to the sea. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California used data from an airborne radar to measure the movement of the slow-moving landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County. The analysis determined that, during a four-week period in the fall of 2024, land in the residential area slid toward the ocean by as much as 4 inches or 10 centimeters per week.
Portions of the peninsula, which juts into the Pacific Ocean just south of the city of Los Angeles, are part of an ancient complex of landslides and has been moving for at least the past six decades, affecting hundreds of buildings in local communities. The motion accelerated, and the active area expanded following record-breaking rainfall in Southern California in 2023 and heavy precipitation in early 2024.
The area has seen roads and structures crumble and collapse in the region in recent months, forcing utility shut-offs, road closures, and evacuations as the local terrain collapses towards the sea…